Chocolate Mint Cheesecake
If you like peppermint or mint, you’ll love this Chocolate Mint Cheesecake. The ingredients are so simple yet the chocolate and mint flavor in the cheesecake work so well together, it has a light minty flavor in the cheesecake and feel so refreshing that definitely makes you go for second helpings.
This recipe is adapted from the book Dessert’s Temptation
Chocolate Cake (Base)
3 Eggs yolks
65g Sugar
3 Egg whites
60g Cake flour or all purpose flour – sifted
20g Valrhona cocoa powder – sifted
40g Melted butter
20g Fresh milk
20g Fresh milk
Mint Cheesecake
250g Cream cheese (room temperature)
45g Sugar
3 Large eggs
50g Whipping cream
1 to 1 1/2 tbsp Peppermint essence (or puree some mint leaves & push them through a sieve to extract the juice)
I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #7 โ Chocolate Delight (May 2011) hosted by DG from Tested and Tasted .
Chocolate Cake (Base)
- Beat egg yolks and 30g sugar until fluffy. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, milk and melted butter.
- Beat egg whites and 35g sugar until soft peaks form. Fold egg whites into egg yolks mixture.
- Pour the mixture into a 8 x 8 x 1 1/2 inches (lined) cake tin. Bake at 180C for about 25 minutes or until done.
- Leave cake to cool in tin. (do not remove cake from tin)
To Assemble
- Combine cream cheese and sugar.
- Add one egg at a time. Beating well after each addition.
- Fold in whipping cream and peppermint essence, stir well.(optional ~add a small drop of apple green coloring)
- Pour the cream cheese batter into the cake tin over the chocolate cake base.
- Bake in water bath at 160C for about 35-40 minutes.
- Leave cheesecake cool in cake tin before removing it.
- Chill cheesecake before serve.
Kitchen note: Wrap cake tin with heavy duty aluminum foil to prevent any water from sipping into the cheesecake during baking.
You can replace 1 tsp vanilla extract to the chocolate and cream cheese batter if you don’t like peppermint.
Enjoy!
Chocolate, cheese & mint! Wow perfect match! Very nicely presented too! Thanks for sharing!
une vraie invitation à la dégustationbravo ma chère Anncoobonne soirée
You do sell these, right?? Please say you do!
I like chocolate mint flavour. This cake must be very refreshing.
Awesome clicks Anncoo…iam bowled over completely!!:)
Dr.Sameena@
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This is very awesome cake! Beautiful slice of cake & look so delicious refreshing!
What a delicate cheesecake, thks for sharing the recipe ^_^
chocolate and mint are some of my favourite flavour combinations.
This looks so pretty! Great job, now can I have a slice please?
Ann, although I don't like mint, but your cake looks good. I love the decoration on the top of the cake, looks very elegant.
Beautiful presentation! Thanks for sharing.
Oh, I love the combination of Choc & Mint. Wish I could bake. Could u send me some please, Ann?? Soooooo tempting!
我很喜欢,因为感觉很漂亮+干净哦。。。可以烘来送人。。。感谢分享
Really pretty and perfect marriage of choc & mint. Great job!
ann, you've always come up with such unique and delicious bake! it look so lovely and im sure it taste refreshing! (:
Hi Anncoo,Can I know what is the white thingy sprinkling on the top? As for the whipping cream,is it dairy or non dairy? Any brand can u reco pls.Do you need a loose base baking tin for this bake. Sorry for asking so many questions. ThxJanz Pg.
@AnonymousHi Janz,I used dairy cream (milac cream from PH) You can also buy the 200ml packet from PH or President brand at the supermarket but the price is quite expensive. I used snow powder as dusting because not so sweet, can also use icing sugar if you prefer.Just ordinary cake tin will do but the height of the cake tin is only 1 1/2 inches high.
Your bakes never fail to tempt me. This cheesecakes looks really awesome !
wow … beautiful and delicious. I wanna book mark this ….
Marvellous cheesecake,looks wonderful and stunning..
You are truly an artist.
Oh gosh, what a cool combination! I love it alot. Thanks for sharing. Hope you're enjoying the day.Blessings, Kristy
Very pretty cake. I'm gonna try this out soon.
@RitaHi Rita, thank you very much for visiting me again. How are you?
Anncoo, you're the best!!!! This is the daintiest and most delightful looking cheesecake ever! I will say the reverse. It's too beautiful not to eat! Simply irresistible!!!!I shall be practicing making this until it looks like Anncoo's Journal original! Cheers!!!
@michelangelo in the kitchenThank you very much! Hopefully you'll make this soon..I'm sure you can do better job than mine.
@Biren @ Roti n RiceThanks Biren. I promised to bake one for you when you're here.
hi Ann, this is seriously yummy, I love chocolate + mints!
bookmarked ๐
thks…
Ann, May I know if I need to use springform pan or normal square tin will do? Jaynelle
Hi Jaynelle, No, just a normal cake pan will do.
Thank you for such wonderful recipe. For those who are still having second thoughts, don't… I've tried it out and it taste really good.
You can check out mine too at
http://joshi-mol.blogspot.com/2011/09/chocomint-cheese-cake.html
But if course, Anncoo's still d best
Hi Ann, can I use a 8"x8"x2" square tray for this cake? In your opinion, is this suitable to present as as a birthday cake? Thanks!
Hi Ai Li, yes no problem to use 8 x 8 x 2" square pan. Of course you can. Just decorate it nicely and it will looks great as a present.
Ann, thanks for replying me. Do rest well and please get well soon! Take care!
@Joshi
Hi Joshi, Thank you for trying this recipe. WOW! your cheesecake looks pretty and so glad you enjoyed this cake ๐
The cheesecake looks so elegant.
Hi Brynn, Thank you very much, so glad to hear you love cheesecake!For the measurements to American, please scroll back to my page top, and click on the Units Conversion (is just below my header). Hope this helps ๐ You can do the conversion on the measurement table.
Thanks so much! I guess I should look around a little more before I open my yap ๐ Definitely gonna try this beauty soon!Brynn
Hi! I love Chocolate mint and LOOOOOOVE cheesecakes. Could you possibly translate the measurements to American (aka bassackwards) so I can try? Pleeeease? :DBrynn
Yum!!!! This looks SO amazing. i'm so glad I found your blog… So much baking inspiration for me!!!
@Roxana GreenGirlRoxana, I'm sure your husband will love this cheesecake. Make sure you'll bake this ๐
You are artist indeed! This is really work of art, so creative and at the same time delicious!!!As always you are amazing me every time!!!!
I forgot I saw this on facebook, but didn't comment here. This is so pretty, almost too pretty to eat!
This has got to be one of the most beautiful cheesecakes I've ever seen. Amazing talent!
Thanks ALL for your awesome compliments :))
I love your presentation. Your cheesecake is so elegant.
@BronThank you for visiting and nice comment, Bron:)
gorgeous!
@Belinda @zomppaBelinda, how about I send to you free by Fedex.. ;DD
looks yumyum! i love to taste it! thank you for sharing….
@michelangelo in the kitchenhahaa…I'm so happy to receive your sweet comment. Hope I can send you my cheesecake :))
@MamatkamalHello dear, thank you! I must learn some your beautiful Moroccan dishes too! Really hope you can get the Yuja and make some tea first, you'll love it for sure.
Delicious! ๐